Celebrate by shopping at Doc's Prime Cuts, located in the Happy State Bank Academic & Research Building (Ag Complex).

Mr. Paul Engler, the self-made entrepreneur who revolutionized the cattle-feeding industry, was awarded an honorary Ph.D. in business administration and agriculture from both colleges that bear his name: WT’s Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business and Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences. Engler is a familiar and welcome face on campus. “I have the privilege of having an office next to Mr. Engler’s office in the Agricultural Complex,” Dr. Kevin Pond. Dean of the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences said. “All of us look forward to interacting with Mr. Engler on Thursdays when he is on campus. He graciously shares his time, wisdom and advice with students, faculty and staff.” Congratulations, Dr. Paul Engler!

WT’s feedlot, a scale model of larger commercial feedlots in the West Texas region, helps students gain real-life experience with modern feeding systems and advanced technologies. Merck Animal Health is committed to investing resources for training and education for undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary students serving the cattle industry and has a

long-standing relationship with WT. Merck Animal Health has provided support for scholarships and internships as well as research projects at the university.

“We are so thankful for Merck Animal Health’s incredible support of WT and our research in animal production, nutrition, management and health,” said Dr. John Richeson, WT's Paul Engler Professor of Beef Cattle Feedlot Management. “It’s our mission to develop a center of excellence for beef cattle research and education and to produce sound research outcomes that are critical to the success of the cattle feeding industry.”

Thank you, Merck Animal Health! 

Sixteen WT students, seven of which represented the Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, were nominated for Student Employee of the Year and celebrated in April.



Congratulations, and thanks for representing the College so well all across campus! 

Two Tahitian Proverbs caught my eye this week:

"The land is a chief, and a person is its lowly servant. "

"The life of the land is the life of the people."

(Tahitian Proverbs)